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Environmental Conservation

Groundwater Patches: Key to Forest Health and Water Quality

Even during summer dry spells, some isolated patches of soil in forested watersheds remain waterlogged.

Health & Medicine

NSAIDs May Lower Colon Cancer Risk By Targeting Stem Cells

Scientists have long known from animal studies and clinical trials that use of NSAIDs, such as aspirin and ibuprofen, lowers the risk of developing intestinal…

Health & Medicine

Comprehensive Breast Center Elevates Care for Reconstruction

After opening a comprehensive breast center (CBC), one hospital achieved significant improvement in key measures of quality of care for women undergoing breast…

Physics & Astronomy

UCLA Astronomers Unravel Mystery of Milky Way’s Odd Object

For years, astronomers have been puzzled by a bizarre object in the center of the Milky Way that was believed to be a hydrogen gas cloud headed toward our…

Life & Chemistry

Compared with apes, people's gut bacteria lack diversity, study finds

Based on an analysis of how humans and three lineages of ape diverged from common ancestors, researchers determined that within the lineage that gave rise to…

Social Sciences

Equal Opportunity Innovations at Fraunhofer IAO and Partners

High-quality services are possible only when all employees are on an equal footing. Fraunhofer IAO and its close partner the Institute for Human Factors and…

Trade Fair News

Home Medical Labs: Innovating Heart Disease Monitoring

For years, cardiac diseases have been the most important cause of death globally. Mobile assistance systems that monitor vital parameters, e.g. blood pressure…

Health & Medicine

Evaluating Complementary Therapies for Breast Cancer Patients

Over eighty percent of breast cancer patients in the United States use complementary therapies following a breast cancer diagnosis, but there has been little…

Health & Medicine

Coronary Artery Plaque Linked to Liver Disease: New Study Insights

Previous research has shown that CCTA can detect high-risk coronary artery plaque, or plaque prone to life-threatening ruptures. For the new study, researchers…

Studies and Analyses

Exercise Therapy and Acupuncture Aid Breast Cancer Survivors

Two new studies from the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania offer hope for breast cancer survivors…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Chlamydia trachomatis Infections

Bacteria of the Chlamydia trachomatis strain are responsible for a number of serious diseases in humans. A chlamydia infection is among the most common…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Economical Micro Energy Harvesting Process by Fraunhofer

Fraunhofer researchers have developed a process for the economical production of piezoelectric materials. They will unveil a preliminary demonstration model at…

Earth Sciences

Short-Lived Pollutants: Limited Impact on CO2 Mitigation

Targeting emissions of non-CO2 gases and air pollutants with climate effects might produce smaller benefits for long-term climate change than previously…

Earth Sciences

Geologic Shift Sparks Cambrian Explosion of Animal Life

A new analysis of geologic history may help solve the riddle of the “Cambrian explosion,” the rapid diversification of animal life in the fossil record 530…

Physics & Astronomy

Sunspot AR 12192: A Closer Look at Solar Activity

An active region on the sun – an area of intense and complex magnetic fields – rotated into view on Oct. 18, 2014. Labeled AR 12192, it soon grew into the…

Earth Sciences

Sediment Supply Shapes Amazon Basin Floodplain Evolution

The findings have implication for the Amazonian river system, which may be significantly altered by proposed mega-dams that would disrupt sediment supplies.

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